Story Samurai

In this conversation, Duchess interviews Karley Cunningham, a keynote speaker and brand strategist. They discuss how Karley integrates her background as an athlete and her passion for freedom into her work. Karley emphasizes the importance of defining what freedom means for oneself and finding enjoyment in what one does. She also shares her approach to helping clients implement plans and achieve success, which involves testing, measuring, and refining strategies. Karley attributes her ability to blend different worlds and organize her time to the discipline and structure she learned through sports. She also mentions her challenges with ADHD and anxiety and the need for structure in her work. In this conversation, Karley shares her time blocking process and how she structures her week. She designates Mondays and Fridays as business or doing days, while Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays are for meetings. Karley limits her client sessions to three hours and avoids booking too many in one day to ensure she can give her best. She schedules her writing and creating time in the morning when she does her best thinking. Karley emphasizes the importance of leaving space in the schedule for creativity and rest. She also discusses the parallel between stress and rest in achieving growth.